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To that end there are several references<ref>[https://space.nss.org/settling-mars/ National] Space Society/Settling [[Mars]]</ref><ref>[https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/46291.Best_Popular_Science_Books_About_Mars_Exploration Goodreads]/Best Popular Books about Mars | To that end there are several references<ref>[https://space.nss.org/settling-mars/ National] Space Society/Settling [[Mars]]</ref><ref>[https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/46291.Best_Popular_Science_Books_About_Mars_Exploration Goodreads]/Best Popular Books about Mars | ||
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+ | |Title | ||
+ | |Author | ||
+ | |Year | ||
+ | |ISBN # | ||
+ | |Comment | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |The Atlas of Mars: Mapping Its Geography and Geology | ||
+ | |Kenneth S. Coles, Kenneth L. Tanaka, Philip R. Christensen | ||
+ | |2019 | ||
+ | |978-1107036291 | ||
+ | |The most current atlas of Mars. Map quadrangles are at 1:10,000,000 scale | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Human Missions to Mars: Enabling Technologies for Exploring the Red Planet | ||
+ | |Donald Rapp | ||
+ | |2008 | ||
+ | |978-3642092015 | ||
+ | |Requirements for human missions to Mars from an engineering perspective | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Dynamic Mars: Recent and Current Landscape Evolution of the Red Planet | ||
+ | |Richard J. Soare, Susan J. Conway, Stephen M. Clifford | ||
+ | |2018 | ||
+ | |978-0128130186 | ||
+ | |Explanations of geological change at the surface or near-surface of Mars | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Next Stop Mars: The Why, How, and When of Human Missions | ||
+ | |Giancarlo Genta | ||
+ | |2017 | ||
+ | |978-3319443102 | ||
+ | |Historic and future human mission plans and design | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |How We'll Live on Mars (TED Books) | ||
+ | |Stephen Petranek | ||
+ | |2015 | ||
+ | |978-1476784762 | ||
+ | |Making the case that living on Mars is an essential back-up plan for humanity | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Mars | ||
+ | |Giles Sparrow | ||
+ | |2015 | ||
+ | |978-1623658564 | ||
+ | |A focus on images from Curiosity rover | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Roving Mars: Spirit, Opportunity, and the Exploration of the Red Planet | ||
+ | |Steven Squyres | ||
+ | |2005 | ||
+ | |978-1623658564 | ||
+ | |A chief scientist's view of the planning and execution of the Spirit and Opportunity missions to Mars | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Magnificent Mars | ||
+ | |Ken Croswell | ||
+ | |2003 | ||
+ | |978-0743226011 | ||
+ | |a synthesis of the latest research on Mars, accompanied with full-color images | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Mars Rover Curiosity: An Inside Account from Curiosity's Chief Engineer | ||
+ | |Rob Manning, William L. Simon | ||
+ | |2014 | ||
+ | |978-1588344731 | ||
+ | |A behind-the-scenes account as told by the Chief Engineer | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Postcards from Mars: The First Photographer on the Red Planet | ||
+ | |Jim Bell | ||
+ | |2010 | ||
+ | |978-0452296749 | ||
+ | |from the photography team lead on the Spirit and Opportunity rover missions | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Mission to Mars: My Vision for Space Exploration | ||
+ | |Buzz Aldrin, Leonard David | ||
+ | |2015 | ||
+ | |978-1426214684 | ||
+ | |This Moon astronaut presents his vision for near future space exploratoin | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |The Rock from Mars: A Detective Story on Two Planets | ||
+ | |Kathy Sawyer | ||
+ | |2006 | ||
+ | |978-1400060108 | ||
+ | |The story of ALH84001, the Mars meteorite found in Antarctica | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Mars: Our Future on the Red Planet | ||
+ | |Leonard David | ||
+ | |2016 | ||
+ | |978-1426217586 | ||
+ | |A companion piece to a National Geographic series | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |The International Atlas of Mars Exploration: Volume 1, 1953 to 2003: The First Five Decades | ||
+ | |Phillip J. Stooke | ||
+ | |2012 | ||
+ | |978-0521765534 | ||
+ | |Atlas covering the first five decades of the exploration of Mars | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |The International Atlas of Mars Exploration: Volume 2, 2004 to 2014: From Spirit to Curiosity | ||
+ | |Phillip J. Stooke | ||
+ | |2016 | ||
+ | |978-1107030930 | ||
+ | |2nd volume of atlas that continues the story of Mars exploration through 2016 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Exploring Mars: Chronicles from a Decade of Discovery | ||
+ | |Scott Hubbard | ||
+ | |2012 | ||
+ | |978-0816528967 | ||
+ | |A NASA manage r"follows the water" in orbit and on Mars' surface in a series of missions | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must | ||
+ | |Robert Zubrin | ||
+ | |2011 | ||
+ | |978-1451608113 | ||
+ | |Revised edition of the classic (1996) book on the Mars Direct plan to explore and settle Mars | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Colonizing Mars The Human Mission to the Red Planet | ||
+ | |Robert Zubrin, Joel Levin, Paul Davies | ||
+ | |2012 | ||
+ | |978-0971644526 | ||
+ | |A roadmap to Mars. How it can be done, what it would be like, and how the mission can be paid for | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |The Atmosphere and Climate of Mars | ||
+ | |Robert M. Haberle, R. Todd Clancy, François Forget, Michael D. Smith, Richard W. Zurek | ||
+ | |2017 | ||
+ | |978-1107016187 | ||
+ | |This book brings together the many new ideas about the atmosphere and climate system of Mars | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Working on Mars: Voyages of Scientific Discovery with the Mars Exploration Rovers | ||
+ | |William J. Clancey | ||
+ | |2012 | ||
+ | |978-0262017756 | ||
+ | |A story of the JPL team that remotely operated the Mars Exploration Rovers | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Sojourner: An Insider's View of the Mars Pathfinder Mission | ||
+ | |Andrew Mishkin | ||
+ | |2004 | ||
+ | |978-0425198391 | ||
+ | |An insider's view of the JPL led Mars Pathfinder mission | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Mapping Mars: Science, Imagination, and the Birth of a World | ||
+ | |Oliver Morton | ||
+ | |2003 | ||
+ | |978-0312422615 | ||
+ | |The story of how we are able to map Mars in some ways better than Earth itself. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |On to Mars 2: Exploring and Settling a New World | ||
+ | |Frank Crossman and Robert Zubrin | ||
+ | |2005 | ||
+ | |978-1894959308 | ||
+ | |130 papers and essays from the annual conferences of the Mars Society | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Going to Mars: The Stories of the people Behind NASA's Mars Missions Past, Present, and Future | ||
+ | |Garfield Reeves-Steven, Judith Reeves-Stevens), Brian Muirhead | ||
+ | |2004 | ||
+ | |978-0671027964 | ||
+ | |A JPL scientist traces the history of Mars exploration and projects the future directions of expeditions to Mars | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void | ||
+ | |Mary Roach | ||
+ | |2010 | ||
+ | |978-0393339918 | ||
+ | |A human perspective of what space travel will be like | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Mars Up Close: Inside the Curiosity Mission | ||
+ | |Marc Kaufman | ||
+ | |2014 | ||
+ | |978-1426212789 | ||
+ | |A National Geographic publication on the Curiosity Mission | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |How to Live on Mars: A Trusty Guidebook to Surviving and Thriving on the Red Planet | ||
+ | |Robert Zubrin | ||
+ | |2008 | ||
+ | |978-0307407184 | ||
+ | |The practicalities of your average Mars settler. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Mars Direct | ||
+ | |Robert Zubrin | ||
+ | |2016 | ||
+ | |978-0974144351 | ||
+ | |The author describes his relatively simple plan, called Mars Direct, that could feasibly have humans on the surface of Mars within a decade | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |The Geology of Mars | ||
+ | |Thomas A. Mutch, R Arvidson | ||
+ | |1977 | ||
+ | |978-0691081731 | ||
+ | |An encyclopedic book on Mars geology | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |A Traveler’s Guide to Mars: The Mysterious Landscapes of the Red Planet | ||
+ | |William K. Hartmann | ||
+ | |2003 | ||
+ | |978-0761126065 | ||
+ | |A traveler's guide to the evolution of Mars geology from a member of the Mars Global Surveyor science team | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |On to Mars: Colonizing a New World | ||
+ | |Robert Zubrin and Frank Crossman | ||
+ | |2002 | ||
+ | |978-1896522906 | ||
+ | |A compendium of papers from the annual conferences of the Mars Society | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Human Exploration of Mars: Design Reference Architecture 5.0 | ||
+ | |Bert G. Drake | ||
+ | |2009 | ||
+ | |NASA-SP-2009-566 | ||
+ | |The systems and operations that would be used for the first three missions to explore the surface of Mars by humans | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Human Exploration of Mars Design Reference Architecture 5.0 - Addendum | ||
+ | |Bert G. Drake | ||
+ | |2009 | ||
+ | |NASA/SP–2009–566-ADD | ||
+ | |Addendum to The systems and operations that would be used for the first three missions to explore the surface of Mars by humans | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Geology of Mars | ||
+ | |James W. Head | ||
+ | |2006 | ||
+ | |<nowiki>http://www.planetary.brown.edu/pdfs/2949.pdf</nowiki> | ||
+ | |A multi-referenced review of the evolving understanding of geology on Mars | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |The Snows of Olympus: A Garden on Mars | ||
+ | |Arthur C. Clarke | ||
+ | |1994 | ||
+ | |978-0575063228 | ||
+ | |The author presents his vision of the colonization of Mars and shows what humans could do to make it inhabitable | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Mars, the Red Planet | ||
+ | |Iaaac Asimov | ||
+ | |1977 | ||
+ | |978-0688418120 | ||
+ | |A study of Mars from the earliest discoveries of its distance, size, and satellites to recent data gathered during the Viking probes | ||
+ | |} | ||
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Revision as of 19:27, 6 September 2019
The intent of this list is to provide a recommended list of non-fiction books that will provide an introduction to the high level hierarchy of categories in Marspedia: Mars Planetary Science, Mars Spacecraft/Robotic Missions, Mars Human Exploration (plans), Mars Human Settement (plans), Mars Outreach, and Mars Arts and Literature.
To that end there are several references[1][2][3] that have been used to establish the table of recommended books that appear on this page.
Title | Author | Year | ISBN # | Comment |
The Atlas of Mars: Mapping Its Geography and Geology | Kenneth S. Coles, Kenneth L. Tanaka, Philip R. Christensen | 2019 | 978-1107036291 | The most current atlas of Mars. Map quadrangles are at 1:10,000,000 scale |
Human Missions to Mars: Enabling Technologies for Exploring the Red Planet | Donald Rapp | 2008 | 978-3642092015 | Requirements for human missions to Mars from an engineering perspective |
Dynamic Mars: Recent and Current Landscape Evolution of the Red Planet | Richard J. Soare, Susan J. Conway, Stephen M. Clifford | 2018 | 978-0128130186 | Explanations of geological change at the surface or near-surface of Mars |
Next Stop Mars: The Why, How, and When of Human Missions | Giancarlo Genta | 2017 | 978-3319443102 | Historic and future human mission plans and design |
How We'll Live on Mars (TED Books) | Stephen Petranek | 2015 | 978-1476784762 | Making the case that living on Mars is an essential back-up plan for humanity |
Mars | Giles Sparrow | 2015 | 978-1623658564 | A focus on images from Curiosity rover |
Roving Mars: Spirit, Opportunity, and the Exploration of the Red Planet | Steven Squyres | 2005 | 978-1623658564 | A chief scientist's view of the planning and execution of the Spirit and Opportunity missions to Mars |
Magnificent Mars | Ken Croswell | 2003 | 978-0743226011 | a synthesis of the latest research on Mars, accompanied with full-color images |
Mars Rover Curiosity: An Inside Account from Curiosity's Chief Engineer | Rob Manning, William L. Simon | 2014 | 978-1588344731 | A behind-the-scenes account as told by the Chief Engineer |
Postcards from Mars: The First Photographer on the Red Planet | Jim Bell | 2010 | 978-0452296749 | from the photography team lead on the Spirit and Opportunity rover missions |
Mission to Mars: My Vision for Space Exploration | Buzz Aldrin, Leonard David | 2015 | 978-1426214684 | This Moon astronaut presents his vision for near future space exploratoin |
The Rock from Mars: A Detective Story on Two Planets | Kathy Sawyer | 2006 | 978-1400060108 | The story of ALH84001, the Mars meteorite found in Antarctica |
Mars: Our Future on the Red Planet | Leonard David | 2016 | 978-1426217586 | A companion piece to a National Geographic series |
The International Atlas of Mars Exploration: Volume 1, 1953 to 2003: The First Five Decades | Phillip J. Stooke | 2012 | 978-0521765534 | Atlas covering the first five decades of the exploration of Mars |
The International Atlas of Mars Exploration: Volume 2, 2004 to 2014: From Spirit to Curiosity | Phillip J. Stooke | 2016 | 978-1107030930 | 2nd volume of atlas that continues the story of Mars exploration through 2016 |
Exploring Mars: Chronicles from a Decade of Discovery | Scott Hubbard | 2012 | 978-0816528967 | A NASA manage r"follows the water" in orbit and on Mars' surface in a series of missions |
The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must | Robert Zubrin | 2011 | 978-1451608113 | Revised edition of the classic (1996) book on the Mars Direct plan to explore and settle Mars |
Colonizing Mars The Human Mission to the Red Planet | Robert Zubrin, Joel Levin, Paul Davies | 2012 | 978-0971644526 | A roadmap to Mars. How it can be done, what it would be like, and how the mission can be paid for |
The Atmosphere and Climate of Mars | Robert M. Haberle, R. Todd Clancy, François Forget, Michael D. Smith, Richard W. Zurek | 2017 | 978-1107016187 | This book brings together the many new ideas about the atmosphere and climate system of Mars |
Working on Mars: Voyages of Scientific Discovery with the Mars Exploration Rovers | William J. Clancey | 2012 | 978-0262017756 | A story of the JPL team that remotely operated the Mars Exploration Rovers |
Sojourner: An Insider's View of the Mars Pathfinder Mission | Andrew Mishkin | 2004 | 978-0425198391 | An insider's view of the JPL led Mars Pathfinder mission |
Mapping Mars: Science, Imagination, and the Birth of a World | Oliver Morton | 2003 | 978-0312422615 | The story of how we are able to map Mars in some ways better than Earth itself. |
On to Mars 2: Exploring and Settling a New World | Frank Crossman and Robert Zubrin | 2005 | 978-1894959308 | 130 papers and essays from the annual conferences of the Mars Society |
Going to Mars: The Stories of the people Behind NASA's Mars Missions Past, Present, and Future | Garfield Reeves-Steven, Judith Reeves-Stevens), Brian Muirhead | 2004 | 978-0671027964 | A JPL scientist traces the history of Mars exploration and projects the future directions of expeditions to Mars |
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void | Mary Roach | 2010 | 978-0393339918 | A human perspective of what space travel will be like |
Mars Up Close: Inside the Curiosity Mission | Marc Kaufman | 2014 | 978-1426212789 | A National Geographic publication on the Curiosity Mission |
How to Live on Mars: A Trusty Guidebook to Surviving and Thriving on the Red Planet | Robert Zubrin | 2008 | 978-0307407184 | The practicalities of your average Mars settler. |
Mars Direct | Robert Zubrin | 2016 | 978-0974144351 | The author describes his relatively simple plan, called Mars Direct, that could feasibly have humans on the surface of Mars within a decade |
The Geology of Mars | Thomas A. Mutch, R Arvidson | 1977 | 978-0691081731 | An encyclopedic book on Mars geology |
A Traveler’s Guide to Mars: The Mysterious Landscapes of the Red Planet | William K. Hartmann | 2003 | 978-0761126065 | A traveler's guide to the evolution of Mars geology from a member of the Mars Global Surveyor science team |
On to Mars: Colonizing a New World | Robert Zubrin and Frank Crossman | 2002 | 978-1896522906 | A compendium of papers from the annual conferences of the Mars Society |
Human Exploration of Mars: Design Reference Architecture 5.0 | Bert G. Drake | 2009 | NASA-SP-2009-566 | The systems and operations that would be used for the first three missions to explore the surface of Mars by humans |
Human Exploration of Mars Design Reference Architecture 5.0 - Addendum | Bert G. Drake | 2009 | NASA/SP–2009–566-ADD | Addendum to The systems and operations that would be used for the first three missions to explore the surface of Mars by humans |
Geology of Mars | James W. Head | 2006 | http://www.planetary.brown.edu/pdfs/2949.pdf | A multi-referenced review of the evolving understanding of geology on Mars |
The Snows of Olympus: A Garden on Mars | Arthur C. Clarke | 1994 | 978-0575063228 | The author presents his vision of the colonization of Mars and shows what humans could do to make it inhabitable |
Mars, the Red Planet | Iaaac Asimov | 1977 | 978-0688418120 | A study of Mars from the earliest discoveries of its distance, size, and satellites to recent data gathered during the Viking probes |
Title | Author | Year published | |
---|---|---|---|
The Case for Mars | Robert Zubrin | 1996 | |
The Snows of Olympus: A Garden on Mars | Arthur C. Clarke | 1996 | |
The Red Planet: Mars | Isaac Asimov | 1977 |
References